I’m guessing that you are probably thinking what I did … there’s no way you can get solar panel cost down to less than $200 per panel. But the bottom line is that you really can! And it’s easier to do it than you might think.
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If you recall my story I was really wanting to get some cost effective residential solar panels. I tried a set of used panels but they cost an arm and a leg and they didn’t work very well.
I was pretty frustrated after the last episode with the used panels so I hopped on the computer and was searching around for good solutions. I found a forum accidentally that had an interesting thread about building your own solar panels. I was intrigued and settled in for the read.
Well, these folks had found several sources for DIY solar panel plans. There were pros and cons to each of these plan sets, but one of them jumped to the head of the pack.
This product had a few down sides, mainly the price seemed a bit steep at first, but after reading about what you got for it, the price didn’t seem so bad.
On the flip side, these plans were detailed, step by step, and even came with instructional videos. And to top it off, several bonus products were thrown in for free including plans for DIY wind turbines!
So I bought the plans. The money back guarantee made it a no brainer. Check out this picture that came from the plans. Looks great, right?
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I downloaded the plans and videos, and checked it out. It looked pretty straight forward, but I needed to get some parts. I didn’t really want to go back to town so I took the easy way out and went shopping on the Internet.
Well, about $150 later I was good to go. When everything showed up I reviewed it and set everything aside for the next weekend. I couldn’t wait to get started on my new solar panels!
Overall, the construction took me about a day and I ended up with a great solar panel. Unfortunately it was cloudy outside so I couldn’t really test it but the forecast for the next day was sun!
Sure enough, the next day I was able to test out the new solar panel I made. I was floored to find that I was getting just as much power as you’d get from a commercial solar system! And remember, the solar panel cost less than $200 for me to make.
Fast forward a few weeks and I had a whole set of panels made up. I even built a residential wind turbine with the plans and my farm house was complete. My son took a nice picture of it the other day so I thought I’d show you what I ended up with. Enjoy!
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